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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Aldous Huxley




After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. 

An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex. 


A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. 


A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. 


Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. 


Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.
 



Frank Luntz




Words that Work: Its not what people say, its what people hear


“You can have the best message in the world, but the person 



on the receiving end will always understand it through the 

prism of his or her own emotions, preconceptions, 

prejudices, and preexisting beliefs. It's not enough to be 

correct or reasonable or even brilliant. The key to successful 

communication is to take the imaginative leap of stuffing 

yourself into your liste



ner's shoes to know what they are thinking and feeling in the 

deepest recesses of their mind and heart. How that person 

perceives what you say is even more real, at least in a practical 

sense, than how you perceive yourself.” 



“Winners recognize that even when they aren’t physically 

selling a product, they are always selling themselves. Every 

human interaction is an opportunity to connect—and then to 

sell.” 





Ideology and communication more often than not run into each other rather than complement each other. Principle and communication work together. Ideology and communication often work apart. 



A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.






Edward Bernays




"The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest."

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Influences/Shoutouts

Slug:POETIC LICENSE TO ILL
Living Legends (Murs, The Grouch, Eligh) : UNDERGROUND CREW WITH POSITIVE MESSAGE AND TIGHT BEATS
MF Doom:RHYMES ON POINT TIGHT SLANG
Del tha Funkee Homosapien: INTRICATE BARS REAL SUBJECT MATTER
Blackalicious : FAST AND FUNKY
Common : CONSCIOUSLY FUNKY
People Under The Stairs: HAVING FUN WITH FLOW
Wu Tang Clan:HIP HOP AS RELIGION
Slick Rick : SMOOTH BROTHER
Aesop Rock : METAPHYSICAL
KrS- ONE: THE TEACHER
Bone Thugs : HARMONIES
Pete Rock and CL Smooth : ALWAYS JAZZY